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{
"term": "relieve",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "relieve",
"heSheIt": "relieves"
},
"pastSimple": "relieved",
"pastParticiple": "relieved",
"ingForm": "relieving"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to remove or reduce an unpleasant feeling or pain",
"sensetop": "relieve something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to relieve the symptoms of a cold"
},
{
"text": "to **relieve anxiety/guilt/stress**"
},
{
"text": "Being able to tell the truth at last seemed to relieve her."
},
{
"text": "They try to relieve the symptoms of depression by drinking."
},
{
"text": "Don't resort to alcohol to relieve stress."
},
{
"text": "Take painkillers and hot drinks to relieve the symptoms."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["temporarily", "completely", "partially"],
"verb + relieve": ["attempt to", "try to", "help (to)"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make a problem less serious",
"sensetop": "relieve something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "efforts to relieve poverty"
},
{
"text": "to relieve traffic congestion"
},
{
"text": "Aid workers called for further effort from governments to relieve the famine."
}
],
"synonyms": "alleviate",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["temporarily", "completely", "partially"],
"verb + relieve": ["attempt to", "try to", "help (to)"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make something less boring, especially by introducing something different",
"sensetop": "relieve something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We played cards to relieve the boredom of the long wait."
},
{
"text": "The black and white pattern is relieved by tiny coloured flowers."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to replace somebody at the end of their period of duty",
"sensetop": "relieve somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to relieve a sentry"
},
{
"text": "You'll be relieved at six o'clock."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to free a town, etc. from an enemy army that has surrounded it",
"sensetop": "relieve something",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a polite way of referring to going to the toilet",
"sensetop": "relieve yourself",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had to relieve myself behind a bush."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːv/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieve__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːvz/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieves__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːvd/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieved__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːvɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieving__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːv/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieve__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːvz/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieves__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːvd/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieved__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈliːvɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/relieve/relieving__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French relever, from Latin relevare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + levare ‘raise’ (from levis ‘light’)."
}